different between veneer vs marquetry

English

Etymology

From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjan? (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??ni?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): [v??ni???]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

veneer (countable and uncountable, plural veneers)

1. A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
2. An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.
   • 2014 December 5, "Joy From the World," The New York Times Magazine (retrieved 6 December 2014):

     “Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”

Derived terms

• brick veneer

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Verb

veneer (third-person singular simple present veneers, present participle veneering, simple past and past participle veneered)

1. (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To disguise with apparent goodness.

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Anagrams

• Vereen, enerve, evener

English

Alternative forms

• marqueterie
• marquetery

Etymology

From Middle French marqueterie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??k?t?i/

Noun

marquetry (countable and uncountable, plural marquetries)

1. (uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wood surface to form intricate designs.
2. (countable) An example of this work
   • 1944, W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, Doubleday Doran, [1]:

     Unkind people asserted that everything in his apartment was for sale and that after he had invited wealthy Americans for an excellent lunch, with vintage wines, one or two of his valuable drawings would disappear, or a marquetry commode would be replaced by one in lacquer.

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